Verse 16

And also concerning Maachah, the mother of Asa the king, he removed her from being queen because she had made an idol in a grove: and Asa cut down her idol, and crushed it, and burned it at the brook Kidron.

Other Translations

• GT, oversatt fra Hebraisk

  Selv Ma'aka, kong Asa's mor, fjernet han fra hennes dronningverdighet fordi hun hadde laget en motbydelig avgud for Aserah. Asa hogg ned hennes avgud, knuste den og brente den i Kidron-dalen.

• Moderne oversettelse av Bibelen fra 1611 KJV med hebraisk kontekst

  Også Ma'aka, kong Asa's mor, fjernet han fra hennes dronningverdighet, fordi hun hadde laget en motbydelig avgud i et lund. Asa hogg ned hennes avgud og knuste den og brente den ved bekken Kidron.

• Norsk King James

  Og angående Maaka, moren til Asa, kongen, fjernet han henne fra dronningstillingen, fordi hun hadde laget et idol i en lund; og Asa hogg ned hennes idol, trådte på det, og brente det ved Kidron-bekken.

• Modernisert Norsk Bibel 1866

  Kong Asa avsatte også sin mor Ma'aka fra å være dronning fordi hun hadde laget et avgudsbilde i Asjera-lunden; Asa hogg ned hennes avgudsbilde, knuste det og brente det ved Kedron-bekken.

• Oversettelse av hebraiske Bibeltekster til moderne norsk bokmål

  Og selv Maaka, mor til kong Asa, fjernet han fra hennes posisjon, fordi hun hadde laget et avskyelig bilde til Asjera. Asa hogg ned hennes avskyelige bilde, knuste det og brant det i Kidron-dalen.

• Bibelen: En Moderne Oversettelse av King James Version 1611

  Når det gjelder Ma'aka, mor til kong Asa, fjernet han henne fra dronningstillingen, fordi hun hadde laget et motbydelig avgudsbilde i en lund; Asa hogg ned hennes avgudsbilde, knuste det og brente det ved bekken Kidron.

• o3-mini KJV Norsk

  Når det gjaldt Maachah, Asa kongens mor, fjernet han henne fra å være dronning, for hun hadde laget en avgud i en lund; Asa kappet ned avguden, trampe den ned og brente den ved Kidron-elven.

• En Moderne Oversettelse av King James Version 1611 (mar 2025)

  Når det gjelder Ma'aka, mor til kong Asa, fjernet han henne fra dronningstillingen, fordi hun hadde laget et motbydelig avgudsbilde i en lund; Asa hogg ned hennes avgudsbilde, knuste det og brente det ved bekken Kidron.

• Lingvistisk bibeloversettelse fra grunntekst

  Selv Maaka, kong Asas mor, ble fjernet fra hennes stilling som dronningmor fordi hun hadde laget en motbydelig avgudsfigur for Asjera. Asa hogde ned den motbydelige figuren, knuste den og brente den i Kedron-dalen.

• Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

  King Asa also deposed his grandmother Maacah from her position as queen mother because she had made an obscene image for Asherah. Asa cut down her obscene image, crushed it, and burned it in the Kidron Valley.

• biblecontext

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• GT, oversatt fra hebraisk Aug2024

  Også Ma'aka, kong Asas mor, fjernet han fra hennes posisjon som dronningmor fordi hun hadde laget et avskyelig avgudsbilde til Asjera. Asa hogg ned hennes avskyelige bilde, knuste det og brente det i Kidron-dalen.

• Original Norsk Bibel 1866

  Og Kong Asa afsatte ogsaa (sin) Moder Maacha, at hun ikke skulde være Dronning, fordi hun havde gjort sig Miplezet til Lunden; og Asa udryddede hendes Miplezet og stødte den smaa, og opbrændte den ved Kidrons Bæk.

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

  And also concerning Maachah the mother of Asa the king, he removed her from being queen, because she had made an idol in a grove: and Asa cut down her idol, and stamped it, and burnt it at the brook Kidron.

• KJV 1769 norsk

  Når det gjaldt Ma'aka, moren til kong Asa, fjernet han henne fra dronningens posisjon fordi hun hadde laget et avgudsbilde i lunden; og Asa hogg ned hennes avgud, knuste den og brant den ved Kidron-bekken.

• Norsk oversettelse av Webster

  Også Maaka, kong Asa's mor, fjernet han fra dronningverdigheten fordi hun hadde laget et avskyelig bilde for en Asjera. Asa hogg ned hennes bilde, knuste det til støv og brente det ved Kidronbekken.

• Norsk oversettelse av Youngs Literal Translation

  Også Ma'aka, kong Asas mor, avsatte han fra å være herskerinne fordi hun hadde laget et avskyelig avgudsbilde. Asa ødela avskyeligheten hennes, knuste det og brente det ved bekken Kidron.

• Norsk oversettelse av ASV1901

  Han fjernet også Maaka, kong Asas mor, fra å være dronning, fordi hun hadde laget et avskyelig bilde for Astarte; og Asa hogde ned bildet, knuste det til støv og brente det ved Kidronbekken.

• Norsk oversettelse av BBE

  Asa avsatte Maaka, sin mor, fra dronningverdigheten fordi hun hadde laget et avskyelig bilde for Ashera; og Asa hugget ned hennes bilde, knuste det og brente det ved Kedronbekken.

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  And Asa ye kynge put downe his mother from the mynistracion, that she had founded in the groue vnto Miplezeth. And Asa roted out hir Miplezeth, and beate it in sunder, and brent it by the broke Cedron.

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  And King Asa deposed Maachah his mother from her regencie, because she had made an idole in a groue: and Asa brake downe her idole, and stamped it, and burnt it at the brooke Kidron.

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  And king Asa put Maacha his mother out of aucthoritie, because she had made an abhominable idol in a groue: And Asa broke downe her idol, & stamped it, & burnt it at the brooke Cedron.

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

  And also [concerning] Maachah the mother of Asa the king, he removed her from [being] queen, because she had made an idol in a grove: and Asa cut down her idol, and stamped [it], and burnt [it] at the brook Kidron.

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  Also Maacah, the mother of Asa the king, he removed from being queen, because she had made an abominable image for an Asherah; and Asa cut down her image, and made dust of it, and burnt it at the brook Kidron.

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  And also Maachah, mother of Asa the king -- he hath removed her from `being' mistress, in that she hath made for a shrine a horrible thing, and Asa cutteth down her horrible thing, and beateth `it' small, and burneth `it' by the brook Kidron:

• American Standard Version (1901)

  And also Maacah, the mother of Asa the king, he removed from being queen, because she had made an abominable image for an Asherah; and Asa cut down her image, and made dust of it, and burnt it at the brook Kidron.

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  And Asa would not let Maacah, his mother, be queen, because she had made a disgusting image for Asherah; and Asa had her image cut down and broken up and burned by the stream Kidron.

• World English Bible (2000)

  Also Maacah, the mother of Asa the king, he removed from being queen, because she had made an abominable image for an Asherah; and Asa cut down her image, and made dust of it, and burnt it at the brook Kidron.

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  King Asa also removed Maacah his grandmother from her position as queen mother because she had made a loathsome Asherah pole. Asa cut down her loathsome pole and crushed and burned it in the Kidron Valley.

Referenced Verses

• 1 Kgs 15:13-24 : 13 Also, he removed Maachah his mother from being queen, because she had made an idol in a grove; Asa destroyed her idol and burned it by the brook Kidron. 14 But the high places were not removed; nevertheless, Asa's heart was perfect with the LORD all his days. 15 He brought into the house of the LORD the things his father had dedicated, and the things he himself had dedicated, silver, gold, and vessels. 16 There was war between Asa and Baasha king of Israel all their days. 17 Baasha king of Israel went up against Judah and built Ramah, that he might not allow anyone to go out or come in to Asa king of Judah. 18 Then Asa took all the silver and the gold that were left in the treasures of the house of the LORD, and the treasures of the king's house, and delivered them into the hand of his servants; and King Asa sent them to Benhadad, the son of Tabrimon, the son of Hezion, king of Syria, who dwelt at Damascus, saying, 19 There is a treaty between you and me, and between my father and your father. Behold, I have sent you a present of silver and gold; come and break your treaty with Baasha king of Israel, that he may depart from me. 20 So Benhadad listened to King Asa, and sent the commanders of his armies against the cities of Israel, and struck Ijon, Dan, Abel Beth Maachah, and all Cinneroth, with all the land of Naphtali. 21 And it came to pass, when Baasha heard of it, he stopped building Ramah, and stayed in Tirzah. 22 Then King Asa made a proclamation throughout all Judah; none was exempted, and they took away the stones and timber of Ramah, which Baasha had used to build it. King Asa used them to build Geba of Benjamin, and Mizpah. 23 The rest of all the acts of Asa, all his might, all he did, and the cities he built, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah? Yet in his old age, he was diseased in his feet. 24 Asa slept with his fathers; he was buried with his fathers in the city of David his father, and Jehoshaphat his son reigned in his place.
• 2 Kgs 23:6 : 6 And he brought out the Asherah from the house of the LORD, outside Jerusalem, to the brook Kidron, and burned it at the brook Kidron, ground it to powder, and cast its powder on the graves of the common people.
• 2 Kgs 23:15 : 15 Moreover, the altar that was at Bethel, and the high place which Jeroboam the son of Nebat, who made Israel to sin, had made, both that altar and the high place he broke down, and burned the high place, and ground it to powder, and burned the Asherah.
• Exod 34:13 : 13 But you shall destroy their altars, break their sacred pillars, and cut down their wooden images.
• 1 Kgs 15:2 : 2 He reigned three years in Jerusalem. His mother's name was Maachah, the daughter of Abishalom.
• 1 Kgs 15:10 : 10 He reigned forty-one years in Jerusalem. His mother's name was Maachah, the daughter of Abishalom.
• Exod 32:20 : 20 He took the calf which they had made, burned it in the fire, and ground it to powder, scattered it on the water, and made the children of Israel drink it.
• Exod 32:27-28 : 27 He said to them, "Thus says the LORD God of Israel: 'Let every man put his sword on his side, and go in and out from gate to gate throughout the camp, and slay every man his brother, every man his companion, and every man his neighbor.'" 28 The children of Levi did according to the word of Moses, and about three thousand men of the people fell that day.
• Lev 26:30 : 30 And I will destroy your high places, and cut down your images, and cast your carcasses upon the carcasses of your idols, and my soul shall abhor you.
• Deut 7:5 : 5 But thus shall you deal with them; you shall destroy their altars, and break down their images, and cut down their groves, and burn their graven images with fire.
• Deut 7:25-26 : 25 The graven images of their gods you shall burn with fire: you shall not desire the silver or gold that is on them, nor take it to you, lest you be ensnared by it: for it is an abomination to the LORD your God. 26 Neither shall you bring an abomination into your house, lest you become a cursed thing like it: but you shall utterly detest it, and you shall utterly abhor it; for it is a cursed thing.
• Deut 9:21 : 21 And I took your sin, the calf which you had made, and burned it with fire, and crushed it, and ground it very small, even until it was as small as dust: and I threw the dust into the brook that came down from the mountain.
• Deut 13:6-8 : 6 If your brother, the son of your mother, or your son, or your daughter, or the wife of your bosom, or your friend, who is as your own soul, entices you secretly, saying, Let us go and serve other gods, which you have not known, you, nor your fathers; 7 Namely, of the gods of the people which are around you, near to you, or far off from you, from one end of the earth even to the other end of the earth; 8 You shall not consent to him, nor listen to him; neither shall your eye pity him, neither shall you spare him, neither shall you conceal him:
• Deut 33:9 : 9 Who said to his father and to his mother, I have not seen him; neither did he acknowledge his brothers, nor knew his own children: for they have observed your word, and kept your covenant.
• 2 Chr 14:2-5 : 2 And Asa did what was good and right in the eyes of the LORD his God. 3 For he took away the altars of the foreign gods, and the high places, and broke down the images, and cut down the groves. 4 And commanded Judah to seek the LORD God of their fathers, and to obey the law and the commandment. 5 He also removed the high places and the images from all the cities of Judah, and the kingdom was at peace under him.
• 2 Chr 34:7 : 7 And when he had broken down the altars and the groves, and beaten the graven images into powder and cut down all the idols throughout all the land of Israel, he returned to Jerusalem.
• Zech 13:3 : 3 And it shall come to pass that when anyone continues to prophesy, then his father and his mother who gave birth to him shall say to him, You shall not live, for you speak lies in the name of the LORD; and his father and his mother who gave birth to him shall pierce him through when he prophesies.
• Mark 3:21 : 21 And when his friends heard of it, they went out to lay hold on him: for they said, He is beside himself.
• Mark 3:31-35 : 31 Then his brothers and his mother came, and standing outside, sent to him, calling him. 32 And the multitude sat around him, and they said to him, Behold, your mother and your brothers are outside seeking you. 33 And he answered them, saying, Who is my mother, or my brothers? 34 And he looked around at those who sat around him, and said, Behold my mother and my brothers! 35 For whoever shall do the will of God, the same is my brother, and my sister, and mother.
• 2 Cor 5:16 : 16 Therefore from now on, we regard no one according to the flesh. Even though we have known Christ according to the flesh, yet now we know him thus no longer.
• 2 Kgs 23:12 : 12 And the altars that were on the roof of the upper chamber of Ahaz, which the kings of Judah had made, and the altars which Manasseh had made in the two courts of the house of the LORD, the king broke down and smashed them there, and cast their dust into the brook Kidron.